id: 122443 accession number: 1942.716 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.716 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:53.044000 Prunus Vase (Meiping) with Blossoming Lotus, late 1400s. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelain with polychrome glazes, Fahua ware; diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.); overall: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.716 title: Prunus Vase (Meiping) with Blossoming Lotus title in original language: 琺華蓮花紋梅瓶 series: series in original language: creation date: late 1400s creation date earliest: 1475 creation date latest: 1499 current location: creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) technique: Porcelain with polychrome glazes, Fahua ware department: Chinese Art collection: China - Ming Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.); Overall: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection opening date: 1942-11-12T04:00:00 Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943). title: Mayling Soong Foundation 25th Anniversary Exhibition opening date: 1967-04-16T05:00:00 Mayling Soong Foundation 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, MA (organizer) (April 16-June 4, 1967). title: The Twain Shall Meet opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00 The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986). title: Flora and Fauna (Chinese art rotation) opening date: 2020-11-06T05:00:00 Flora and Fauna (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2020-June 6, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-06-30T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (October 12, 1991-January 12, 1992).', 'opening_date': '1991-10-12T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1942 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1942- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. page number: Reproduced: p. [61], Plate XXX, cat. no. 147; Mention: p. 69, cat. no. 147 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n73 Hollis, Howard C. “Department of Oriental Art: Chinese Ceramics and Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 29, no. 9, 1942, pp. 150–157. page number: Reproduced: p. 155 url: www.jstor.org/stable/25141018 J. Mayuyama and H. Igaki, "Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the CMA," Tosetsu 陶說, August 1956, no. 41, pp. 41-46. page number: Reproduced url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 869 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n154 Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Chinese Ceramics in the West: Compendium of Chinese Ceramic Masterpieces in European and American Collection [欧米蒐蔵中国陶磁図錄]. Tokyo: Mayuyama & Co, 1960. page number: Reproduced: pl. 85 url: Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964. page number: Reproduced: p. 418, fig. no. 556 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 267 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n291 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 267 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n291 Froncek, Thomas, and Hugh Honour. The Horizon Book of the Arts of China. New York: American Heritage Pub. Co, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 261 url: Lion-Goldschmidt, Daisy. Ming Porcelain. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. page number: Reproduced: page facing 122, no. 97 url: Moore, Janet Gaylord. The Eastern Gate: An Invitation to the Arts of China and Japan. Cleveland: Collins, 1979. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 78 and p. 87 url: Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: cat. no. 131 url: Gilbert, Rita, and William McCarter. Living with Art. New York: Knopf, 1988. page number: Reproduced: fig. 576, p. 468 url: Brummett, Palmira Johnson. Civilization Past & Present. New York: Longman, 1999. page number: Reproduced: p. 479 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.716/1942.716_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.716/1942.716_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.716/1942.716_full.tif